多
duō HSK1

much

多 duō
many adjectivenumeral
many; much; a lot; numerous

你管理不了那么多人。

nǐ guǎn​lǐ bu liǎo nà​me duō rén.

You can't manage that many people.

我为她做了那么多事。

wǒ wèi tā zuò le nà​me duō shì.

I did so many things for her.

how adverb
used in questions to ask about degree or extent

让我们看看他有多好。

ràng wǒ​men kàn​kan tā yǒu duō hǎo.

Let's see how good he is.

环境问题有多严重？

huán​jìng wèn​tí yǒu duō yán​zhòng?

How serious are environmental issues?

how! adverb
used in exclamations to indicate a high degree

至少你能看出我多不开心。

zhì​shǎo nǐ néng kàn chū wǒ duō bù kāi xīn.

At least you can see how unhappy I am.

我知道你多爱派对。

wǒ zhī​dao nǐ duō ài pài​duì.

I know how much you love parties.

much more adverb
used after adjectives or verbs to indicate a great difference in degree

你比他说的漂亮多了。

nǐ bǐ tā shuō de piào​liang duō le.

You're much prettier than he said.

世界已经变成一个小得多的地方。

shì​jiè yǐ​jing biàn chéng yī​ge xiǎo de duō de dì​fang.

The world has become a much smaller place.

[number/quantity suffix] numeral
Used after a number or unit to indicate a remainder or "something odd"; more than; over; plus

他有一千多本书。

tā yǒu yī qiān duō běn shū.

He has more than a thousand books.

我比他年轻20多岁。

wǒ bǐ tā nián​qīng20 duō suì.

I am over 20 years younger than him.

often adverb
often; frequently; to do something more often

我应该少吃还是多吃？

wǒ yīng​gāi shǎo chī hái​shi duō chī?

Should I be eating more, or less?

multi- adjectiveadverb
multi-; poly-; many; multiple (as a prefix in compound words)

游戏可以两人或多人一起玩。

yóu​xì kě​yǐ liǎng rén huò duō rén yī​qǐ wán.

The game can be played by two or more people.

too much adverbadjective
excessive; unnecessary; over-

也许我酒喝多了。

yě​xǔ wǒ jiǔ hē duō le.

Maybe I had too much to drink.

more than adverbadjective
more than the required amount; in excess; extra; surplus

他多活了五年。

tā duō huó le wǔ nián.

He lived five more years.

我回店里再多拿一点过来。

wǒ huí diàn li zài duō ná yī​diǎn guò​lai.

I'll go back to the shop and get more.

however adverb
used to indicate an unspecified degree; however; no matter how

不管多冷，他们的狗都能睡在外面。

bù​guǎn duō lěng, tā​men de gǒu dōu néng shuì zài wài​miàn.

Their dogs can sleep outside no matter how cold it gets.

我才不管他有多矮或多高。

wǒ cái bù​guǎn tā yǒu duō ǎi huò duō gāo.

I don't care how short or tall he is.

to praise
to praise; to think highly of; to value
surname
a Chinese surname
only
only; just; merely (in literary or archaic usage)

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Frequency
Character
Written text
61st most common 2489.3 per million
Movie subtitles
77th most common 2221.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1568.1 per million appears in 99% of films

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+591A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH